" Leopoldine and I can do the haymaking, " said Inger.

“Leopoldine 和我可以收割干草， ” Inger 。

'But have you considered the distraction of mind produced by all this haymaking'?

“但是你有没有考虑所有这些干草堆造成的思想分心”？

He was out haymaking in one of the meadows.

他正在草地上干草。

Now, in the haymaking season, he had tried his hand with the scythe—but he was no master hand at that, no.

现在，在收割干草的季节， 他试刀动手——但他不是这方面的高手， 不。

The mowing-machine was useful now; and a good thing, too, to have three active women that could take a turn at the haymaking.

割草机现在派上场。还有一件好事，同样，有三个活跃的女性可以轮流干草。

'If it were summer, ' said Higgins, 'I'd take to Paddy's work, and go as a navvy, or haymaking, or summut, and ne'er see Milton again.

希金斯，“我会去做帕迪的工作， 去当一名水手， 或者干草，或者去苏默特， 再也见不到米尔顿。

She welcomed us and said, smiling: " So you are come up from the water to see the Obstinate Refusers: where are you going haymaking, neighbours" ?

她欢迎我们并微笑着：“所以你们从水里上来是为些顽固的拒绝者：你们要去哪里干草，邻居们”？

" Yes, " said Dick, " and I am rather surprised at this time of the year; why are they not haymaking with you" ?

“是的，”迪克，“一年中的这个时候我很惊讶；他们为什么不和你一起干草”？

The Baron had been told that the haymaking was to be followed by the wedding, and had he gone down the vale to the dairy he would have had evidence to that effect.

男爵被告知收割干草之后就是婚礼，如果他下河谷去奶牛场，他就会有这方面的证据。

Where were Isak and his son? They had not been idle; no, they had stolen a day and a night or thereabouts from the haymaking, and had built a boat up on the lake.

Isak 和他的儿子在哪里？他们并没有闲着；不，他们从收割干草的工作中偷走大约一天一夜的时间，并在湖上造一条船。

We passed by several fields where haymaking was going on, but Dick, and especially Clara, were so jealous of our up-river festival that they would not allow me to have much to say to them.

我们路几片正在收割干草的田地，但迪克，尤其是克拉拉，非常嫉妒我们上游的节日，他们不允许我对他们太多。

There were not many people in it, as some of the dwellers there were away at the haymaking in the neighbourhood, and some, as Walter told us, were wandering about the meadow enjoying the beautiful moonlit night.

里面的人不多，因为里的一些居民正在附近干草，还有一些，正如沃尔特告诉我们的样，正在草地上闲逛，享受美丽的月夜。

The haymaking season now set in vigorously, and the weir-hatches were all drawn in the meads to drain off the water. The streams ran themselves dry, and there was no longer any difficulty in walking about among them.

收割干草的季节现在开始，草地里的堰舱口都被拉上，来排干水。溪流自己干涸，在其中行走不再有任何困难。

And after a week or so, came Barbro. Axel was in the midst of his haymaking, and had to do his mowing by day and haymaking by night, and all by himself—and then came Barbro! It was a godsend.

大约一周后，Barbro 来。阿克塞尔正在收割干草，他不得不白天割草，晚上收割干草，而且全靠他自己——然后巴布罗来！这是天赐之物。

No, 'twas all awry with the haymaking the year before. Inger had put in all she could, as she had promised. Leopoldine did her share too, not to speak of having a machine for a horse to rake.

不，前一年的干草堆放都出问题。正如她所承诺的样，英格已经尽最大努力。 Leopoldine 也做她的一份工作，更不有一台机器可以让马耙。

She manages so as to arrive late in the, evening; all is quiet at Maaneland when she reaches there. See, Axel has already begun haymaking, the grass is cut near the house, and some of the hay already in.

她设法在晚上很晚才到达。当她到达里时，Maaneland 一切都很安静。，阿克塞尔已经开始收割干草，房子附近的草已经割完，一些干草已经收好。

Anyhow, Inger came out with her rake as it was, and fell to haymaking with a will; Sivert came up with the horse and haycart, and all went at it, sweating at the work, and the hay was got in.

不管怎么，英格还是带着她的耙子出来，然后下定决心开始干草。西维特牵着马和干草车前来，大家一起努力，干得满头大汗，干草也运进去。